D A R Chapter Meets at Perkins Home With Guests
D A R Chapter meets Tuesday afternoon at Mrs Walter Perkins home High Wand avenue with Mrs W A Thorn Hil as joint hostess. Program opened with American hymn creed and ritual. Mrs Thorn Hil spoke as chaplain. Visitors included Mrs Mose Mrs Crockett and Mrs Barger from neighboring chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chapman
D 4
Walter Perkins
High- Wand Avenue
W. A. Thornhil
America
Paul Steymann
Thomas Scott
Tanasaeeactual
Edward Greaver
Maiden Springs
Walla
Jacquilin Ambler House
Jamestown
Scott
Mose
Mra
Robert Crockett
Tazewell
Barger
Margaret Linn Lewis
Roanoke
Mary Gordon Perking
Baze Perkins
Steel
Hunter Anniversary and Cotillion Club Dance
Mr and Mrs H R Hunter celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary at home on Bluefield avenue with close family. The Bluefield Cotillion Club Christmas homecoming dance at West Virginian hotel features guests from area schools and a 10 to 2 dance with a popular orchestra. Harold Porterfield resigns as vice president. Ralph Lawrence fills the unexpired term. The College Avenue Baptist junior department presents a pageant and play Sunday at 7 30 pm directed by Lorraine and Aileen Thornton with a large cast and readings titled Spirit of Christmas and The Light of the World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Hunter
Bluefield Avenue
Mrs. Hunter
Bluefield
Bluefield Cotillion Club
West Virginian
Ignation
Harold Porterfield
Talph Lawrence
College Avenue Baptist Church
Missea Lorraine
Aileen Thornton
Loraine Thornton
Marjorie Tucas
Hyerelt
Hineat Saunders
Christine
Evientory
Marguerite Moeel
Jenua
Janet Radford
Jean Radford
Sara Lee Stiger
Betty Hawkins
Bobbie Lind
Aileen Thorn
Chriat
Carrie B. Adams
Flu Precautions Urged Despite Nonalarm in Section
Flu concerns rise with calls to follow Wicks Plan for cold prevention. Home measures include rest, fluids, proper diet, and vigilant monitoring of family members for symptoms. Use Vicks Nose Drops, VapoRub, and Medicated Cough Drops to ease nasal congestion and throat irritation. A public program outlines steps to reduce cold incidence and duration, with a listed cast of participants and a piano recital accompanying the evening program. The local G A meeting is postponed to December 26. A newborn named Richard Wayne Rash arrives December 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wicks
Vicks
Community Personal Notices From Local Holiday News
Mr and Mrs E R Bishop of College Avenue apartments plan a Friday departure for Greensboro North Carolina to stay with Mrs Bishop's mother Mrs W C Neal who is seriously ill with influenza at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs R R Waltz on Rogers Street Little Billy Neal son of Mr and Mrs W C Neal is recovering from influenza Miss Allen Gibson arrives from Westhampton College Richmond Virginia to spend holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs T Gibson Mrs Boss Mr Raffa leaves for Washington to spend holidays with her son John McFaffa Miss Helen Kabler ill with influenza at her Monroe Street home Miss Mary Dunnington arrives from Sweetbrier College Lynchburg Virginia to spend holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs George Dunningan Summers Street Shirley Brown on Raleigh Terrace improves after influenza Mrs G W Neal gravely ill with influenza at her Stovall Apartments home continues to improve Zack Sanders arrives from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill to spend holidays with his mother Mrs G M Sanders Whitethorn Street Miss Edythe Fine expected Friday from Bíblia State University Columbus to spend Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs Samuel Fine College Avenue Mr and Mrs E R Bishop College Avenue Apartments leave Friday for Greensboro to spend holidays CAREY SPARE ALR Many German autos carry small carbon dioxide tanks to replace flat tire pumps used to inflate after repairs
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Mra
E.R. Biyhop
Collage Avenue
Greenaboro
N. C
Whitethorn Street
Misa Edythe Fine
Qible State University
Columbus
Samuel Fine
College Avenue
E. R. Bishop
Greensboro
N. Y
Bishop
Child Dies After Tooth Infection in Bluefield
Mary Jane Mills five brothers and a sister survive the bure- al death of the year old at Bluefield sanitarium from complications of an infected tooth. Funeral at Gilmer street home 2 this afternoon Rev. Stanley W Hayne Bland Street Methodist church. Interment Monte Vista park cemetery. Pallbearers Connie Conwell Willard Early Guy Conwell Elmo Mills. Flower bearers Mrs Dudgine circle Bland Street Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Mills
Richard R. Mills
Gilmer Street
Bluefield
Stanley W. Hayne
Bland Street Methodist Church
Monte Vista Park
Fred
Franklin
Douglas
John
Harry Mills
Helen Mille
Activa
Connie Conwell
Willard Early
Guy Conwell
Elmo Mills
I Flower
Funeral Rites Friday for Mrs Mattie Edward
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Margaret Edwards 68 will be held Friday at Grace Methodist Church at 2 30 pm with Rev J R Brown in charge. Burial will follow at Walnut Grove cemetery. Mrs Edwards born March 18 1878 in Carroll County Virginia resided in Bluefield since marriage thirty years ago. Survived by husband one brother W R Taylor of Galax Virginia a sister Miss Eliza Taylor of Martinsville Ohio and children Junior N Edwards Ennis G Edwards George R Edwards and Lacy F Edwards all of Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Methodist Church
Mattie Margaret Edwarda
Allen Street
J. R. Brown
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Edwards
Carroll County
Virginia
Bluefield
W. R. Taylor
Galax
Eliza Taylor
Martinavilla
Ohio
Junior N. Edwards
Ennis G. Edwards
George R. Edwards
Lacy F. Edwards
City motor tags issued in Blie field 1943
One hundred ten City of Blie field 1943 motor tags were issued yesterday by the police headquarters the first day of distribution. The first twelve tags were taken by the city for use on its dump trucks and other departmental autos. Motorists who fail to display the new 1933 pages after February 1 will be subject to arrest, police announced.
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Bliefield
Two People Slightly Hurt In Traffic Crash
Two persons were slightly injured yesterday when an automobile and a city truck collided on Blueheld avenue east of Walnut street. Mrs H G Neal of 200 Floyd street sustained a cut about the face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blueheld Avenue
Walnut Street
H. G. Neal
Floyd Street
Traffic collision leaves two injured in Chevrolet crash
A woman was thrown from a seat into a windshield in a Chevrolet sedan driven by her son Sam Neal. G W Mannalls, also in the car, suffered head injuries. Both were treated at the Bluefield Sanitarium and later discharged. The accident involved a city truck driven by W B Meredith. The Chevrolet was badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Neal
G. W. Manalls
Chevrolet
Bluefield
Eanitarium
W. B. Meredith
Wilcoe Man Joins United States Navy
William G. Hamm of Wilcoe has been accepted for service in the United States Navy. He is the son of Mr and Mrs G W Hamm and a graduate of Adking district high school Gary. Hamm enlisted at the Bluefield recruiting depot on Tuesday and was sent to the Naval Training Station at Hampton Roads Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Hamm
Wilcoe
United States Navy
Hamm
G. W. Hamm
Adking District High School
Gary
Bluefield
Naval Training Station
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Princeton man injured in truck crash on icy road
Howard McLane of Princeton was injured Tuesday night when the truck he drove skidded on ice above Mehaffey's Ming station in North Fork and overturned down an embankment. He was rescued from the wreckage by bystanders and taken for treatment at the Stevens clinic in Welch after spending the day in McDowell county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard McLane
Princeton
Stevena Clinic
Welch
Northfork
McLane
McDowell County
Mareelic Steam Laundry
Romles
Mehaffey
Ming Station
Support Consolidation Of Government Units In Wisconsin
Milwaukee December 21 The consolidation trend gains support in Buffalo and Pepin counties as they consider unifying local government to save taxpayer money Pepin would move county seat to Alma and Buffalo would share buildings both counties see potential annual savings of about 300000 while the legislature weighs public sentiment and possible wider mergers along the Mississippi region
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Buffalo
Pepin
Jng
Buffalo County
J. M. Axtall
Durand
Amelior
Mississippi River
Pepin County
Alma
Underworld Hangouts Searched for Robbers
Lisbon December 21 Colum biana county highways and under world hangouts were searched for traces of robbers who blasted a vault wrecked two safes and escaped with hundreds of dollars in cash and courthouse belongings Fingerprints are the clue to the men who took 318 in automobile license funds stamps a machine gun army rifle and a revolver The citys night police fought a mysterious fire that destroyed Rev Grant E Pikes home and the county treasurer vault doors were blown away two safes wrecked and offices ransacked Fingerprint experts from Youngstown aided the search to identify the burglars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Columbiana County
Grant E. Pike
Youngetown
Cowboy Champion Nesbitt Surprised by Local Fame
Quemado New Mexico reports the world’s cowboy champion Doy Nesbitt arrived to find a flood of mail and a curious town scene. The 26 year old, six foot two and a half inch rider was crowned by the Rodeo Association of America for points at Cheyenne Pendleton Calgary and rodeos in Chicago and New York. He defeated Earl Thode to claim the title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quemado
N. M
Doy Nesbitt
Rodeo Association of America
Nesbitt
Cheyene
Pendleton
Calgary
Chicago
New York
Earl Thode
Belvedere
Rawlings Citizens Tighten Purse Strings
Rawlings Wyoming residents, once generous to transients, now require work for food. With the town on Lincoln Highway and Union Pacific routes, aid previously flowed freely. Applicants must spend an hour at a community wood pile and may join a cleanup squad for 15 minutes or more as a condition of relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlings
Wyo
Lincoln Highway
Union Pacific
Plan to Clear Alleys Publicized Widely
Officials describe a broad campaign to remove papers and trash from alleys, with the aim of improving cleanliness. The plan, advertised across eastern and western districts, is favored as a comprehensive effort to spruce up the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oflctals
Guardsmen Withdrawn From Texas Oil Field
Governor Sterling announced late tonight that national guardsmen who had been in the east Texas oil field under martial law for sixteen months evacuated the area. About 1,300 troops were sent August 17, 1931, to enforce proration orders. fewer than 100 remained on duty for months and had been inactive recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Sterling
East Texas
Eixteen
Texas Railroad Commission
United
Supreme Court Finds Guard Overstepped Authority in Provost Orders
The court ruled the guard exceeded authority by enforcing provation orders issued by the military without railroad commission acquiescence. It noted troops had applied military rules only once or twice in the region, under limited circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States Supreme Court
Bis
Rairoad Commission
Continental Coal Company gift to Yale workers approved
Morgantown West Virginia December 21 194? Judge Charles G Baker approved a $47000 payment for 787 Continental Coal company employees as accrued wages. The report from the receiver said no funds would be borrowed to cover the delinquent payroll. The Riverville mine employs 326 men and the Brock mine 462 in Cassville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Continental Coal Company
Charles G. Baker
Riverville
Brock
Cassville
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H. L. Weeks
Rene
G. A
L. B
Epee Ela
Richard Wayne Rash
Carey Spare
Jane Mills
Mrs. Mattie Edward
Chicago House Furnishing Company
Bluefield, Va
Wilcoe Man
Howard M'Lane
Underworld
Texas Oil Field
Tvanies Ave
H. P. Somerville
Continental Company
Yale Gift
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Ita
Center of Washington
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Star Brand Shoes
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